Mrs. Sandoval by William Saroyan

　　This is a moving story. Homer, a telegraph messenger, tries to console the woman who knew through the telegraph that her son had been killed in the war, saying, “… But maybe the telegraph is wrong,” in vain. She holds herself in trying not to weep. Looking at her, the messenger boy “saw her back in time, a beautiful woman sitting down beside the crib of her infant son . . . .”

　　The description of what the messenger boy imagined is very effective and moves the readers. Also, the description of the boy’s feelings was good: “his mouth whispering crazy young curses.”